UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 19, 2012
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New Jersey |
001-09120 |
22-2625848 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
80 Park Plaza, P.O. Box 1171
Newark, New Jersey 07101-1171
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
973-430-7000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
http://www.pseg.com
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On June 19, 2012, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG) elected Mr. Alfred Zollar to its Board of Directors, effective immediately, for a term ending at the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Zollar has not been appointed to any committees at this time.
Mr. Zollar retired from IBM in 2011, after a 34-year executive career, during which he held leadership roles for all units within IBMs Software Group division. From 2004 to 2011, Mr. Zollar served as general manager for the Tivoli Software unit. After leaving IBM, Mr. Zollar founded AWZ Tech LLC, a business advisory firm, and is currently the managing partner at the firm. Mr. Zollar is currently a director of the Chubb Corporation.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
Exhibit 99 | Press Release dated June 19, 2012 announcing Alfred W. Zollars election to PSEGs Board of Directors | |
Exhibit 99.1 | Power of Attorney dated June 19, 2012 authorizing PSEG to execute and file SEC forms related to stock transactions on behalf of Alfred Zollar | |
Exhibit 99.2 | Power of Attorney dated June 6, 2012 authorizing PSEG to execute and file SEC forms related to stock transactions on behalf of Susan Tomasky |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. The signature of the undersigned company shall be deemed to relate only to matters having reference to such company and any subsidiaries thereof.
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCORPORATED | ||
(Registrant) | ||
By: | /s/ Derek M. DiRisio | |
Derek M. DiRisio Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Date: June 20, 2012
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EXHIBIT 99
Media Relations | Public Service Enterprise Group 80 Park Plaza, P3B Newark, NJ 07102 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACTS: | Jenn Kramer | ||||
June 19, 2012 | 973-430-6027 | |||||
jennifer.kramer@pseg.com |
PSEG ELECTS ALFRED W. ZOLLAR TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Retired General Manager, Tivoli Software (IBM) and Managing Partner, AWZ Tech
(June 19, 2011 Newark, NJ) Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) today announced that Alfred W. Zollar has been elected to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Zollar retired from IBM in 2011, after a 34-year executive career, during which he held leadership roles for all units within IBMs Software Group division. From 2004 to 2011, Zollar served as general manager for the Tivoli Software unit, a global, multi-billion dollar business. After leaving IBM, Zollar founded AWZ Tech LLC, a business advisory firm and is currently the managing partner at the firm.
Al has tremendous expertise in managing complex and dynamic business ventures. He will bring a valuable perspective to our board of directors, said Ralph Izzo, PSEGs chairman, president and chief executive officer. Al brings tremendous business acumen and a great depth of digital knowledge to PSEG, which can be tapped as we look to improve customer service and make our operations more efficient.
Previously Zollar served as General Manager of the eServer iSeries segment (2003 2004), President and Chief Executive Officer of IBM Lotus Software (2000 2003) and General Manager of Network Computing Software (1996 2000). He joined IBM in 1977 as a Systems Engineer Trainee.
He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and a lifetime member of the National Society of Black Engineers. He has been named as one of the Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in America by Savoy magazine, one of the 50 Most Important African-Americans in Technology by US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine and one of the 100 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine. Zollar is a past fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University.
Currently, Zollar sits on the board of directors the Chubb Corporation and is a member of the board of The Abyssinian Fund, a non-profit foundation working to expand economic development in Ethiopia. Zollar holds a masters degree in applied mathematics from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) and was chosen as one of the 50 distinguished alumni as part of the UCSD 50th anniversary celebration.
Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG) is a publicly traded diversified energy company with annual revenues of more than $12 billion, and three principal subsidiaries: PSEG Power, Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and PSEG Energy Holdings. For more information, visit www.pseg.com.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of M. Courtney McCormick, Margie L. Williams and Anthony H. Battista, signing singly, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) | execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and/or Public Service Electric & Gas (the Companies), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; |
(2) | do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and |
(3) | take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do it personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor are the Companies assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Companies, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. The undersigned hereby revokes each other Power of Attorney heretofore executed by the undersigned appointing any other attorney-in-fact to do the things set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 19th day of June, 2012.
/s/ Alfred W. Zollar |
Signature |
Alfred W. Zollar |
Name |
EXHIBIT 99.2
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of M. Courtney McCormick, Margie L. Williams and Anthony H. Battista, signing singly, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
(1) | execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigneds capacity as an officer and/or director of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated and/or Public Service Electric & Gas (the Companies), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; |
(2) | do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and |
(3) | take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion. |
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do it personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-facts substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor are the Companies assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Companies, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. The undersigned hereby revokes each other Power of Attorney heretofore executed by the undersigned appointing any other attorney-in-fact to do the things set forth herein.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 6th day of June, 2012.
/s/ Susan Tomasky |
Signature |
Susan Tomasky |
Name |